Tag: longer
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In key swing states, the lines at food banks are growing longer
Across the rural communities and industrial towns of western Michigan, semitrucks hauling thousands of pounds of food are pulling up to church parking lots and community centers where growing lines of people are waiting for a few boxes of free groceries. One truck can carry enough food for up to 600 households, but some days…
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The Washington Post will no longer make presidential endorsements
The Washington Post’s editorial page will not make a presidential endorsement this year or “in any future presidential election,” the newspaper’s publisher and chief executive officer announced Friday. “We recognize that this will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or…
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Roman Polanski no longer going to trial in L.A. over alleged 1973 rape of minor
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski will no longer go on trial in Los Angeles in an alleged 1973 rape of an underage girl after lawyers on both sides reached a settlement. Gloria Allred, the lawyer for the plaintiff, confirmed “a settlement of claims was agreed to by the parties to their mutual satisfaction.” Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, the…
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Parents of slain Hamas captive push for deal, warning remaining hostages won’t ‘make it much longer’
JERUSALEM — The body of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was found “bullet ridden and emaciated” in a 60-foot-deep tunnel, his grieving parents told NBC News in their first interview since his death, warning that the scores of hostages still inside the Gaza Strip are “not going to make it much longer.” In a wide-ranging and…
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Student in carving of racial slur on teammate’s chest no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College
An unidentified Gettysburg College student accused of carving a racial epithet on the chest of a teammate is no longer enrolled at the Pennsylvania liberal arts college, the school said over the weekend. “We can report now that the individual who scratched a slur onto another person is no longer enrolled at the College,” the…